There were 94,238 confirmed cases in the United States, with 1,438 deaths.
WASHINGTON, March 27 (Xinhua) -- More than 90,000 people in the United States were reported to have infected with COVID-19, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
As of 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday (1800 GMT), there were 94,238 confirmed cases in the United States, with 1,438 deaths, an interactive map provided by the CSSE showed.
Street and sidewalks in SoHo are seen mostly empty in New York, the United States, March 26, 2020. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Xinhua)
In the United States, the state of New York has been hit the hardest, with 44,635 confirmed cases, followed by states of New Jersey and California, with 6,876 and 4,203 cases respectively.
Globally, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases exceeded 570,000, with 26,455 reported deaths. Nearly 130,000 have recovered from the disease. ■
